Aug 2019
Watch the distant light,
faint flickers
in the night.
Four years are too far,
cold contrite,
dark as tar.
Look up from the ground,
see the star
come around.
Feel the breeze blow cool,
freedom found
though a fool.
Lost in desert sand.
Time's a tool
in God's hand.
faint flickers
in the night.
Four years are too far,
cold contrite,
dark as tar.
Look up from the ground,
see the star
come around.
Feel the breeze blow cool,
freedom found
though a fool.
Lost in desert sand.
Time's a tool
in God's hand.
An explanation- The poem connects sitting on the desert ground at night while looking at a star with struggling while believing in a distant hope. The 4 years refers to about how many light years away the closest star is. And the star coming around is the sun rising.
It ends with God being the ultimate healer who gives the gift of healing by using time.
I'm debating changing "four years are too far" to "forty years too far" a reference to the Israelites in the desert.
It ends with God being the ultimate healer who gives the gift of healing by using time.
I'm debating changing "four years are too far" to "forty years too far" a reference to the Israelites in the desert.
